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Why we started the Intelligent Garden

I first started gardening as a research student working on how plants grow. Then we bought a small holding in Shropshire for a while before we discovered computers and marketing. 20 years later we started selling plants on-line.

Expansion meant we needed premises - so we acquired a nursery with 2 acres of glasshouse and started growing organic vegetables again. By September 2008 we had our soil association certification and had started selling biological controls online.

Talking to people on farmer's markets I sense a real hunger for people to garden and produce their own food. And a real interest in local and pesticide free produce.

So we created the Intelligent Garden ito help you get the most from your garden by offering the knowledge, products and advice you need to work effectively with nature to release the intelligence in your garden.

Company Registration 5003969
Vat Registration: 826 8892 74
Reg Office The Glasshouses, Fletching Common, BN84JJ

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Plant Science Nutrients 1 – Nitrogen

The Intelligent Garden is keen to help you understand a the basics of plant science so you can get the most out of growing your plants and designing your garden. One of the key things is to understand the basis of fertility.

Plants need nutrients – the big 3 are Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potassium – Known as NPK for short – followed closely in importance by Calcium, Magnesium and Sulphur. Then there are a number of minor elements known as micronutrients which we’ll discuss later.

Today, however we’re going to focus on Nitrogen

Nitrogen is a key building block in [...]

February 2nd, 2010 | Category: Plant Nutrients | One comment

What we’ll cover in the Garden Science course

This Garden Science course is going to be fun – but you’ll have to bear with me as we dart about to cover what you need to know in time to stay on track with the natural cycle. The science posts will be interspersed with topical tips and reviews of books and products that we think you will find interesting and useful. [...]

January 28th, 2010 | Category: Plant Science Course | One comment

How fertile is your soil?

In order to grow effectively plants need to be able to get adequate supplies of nutrients and water so that they can develop without a check. Let’s face it as gardeners or indeed as commercial growers, a lot of what we do is aimed at making this so.

Adding nutrients to the soil (or hydroponic media ) as compost, well rotted manure or fertiliser. Removing weeds that are competing for the nutrients, protecting the soil from drying out and conditioning the soil by adding organic matter and beneficial organisms like Mycorrhiza are all part of our daily and weekly routines.

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January 25th, 2010 | Category: Building Fertility, Plant Nutrients, Useful Tools and Products | Leave a comment

The Intelligent Garden Science Course

One of the things that’s quite obvious from reading as many gardening books is that they are generally quite weak in telling you about the underlying science of how plants behave. So we’ve created a little course that we’ll roll out throughout the year interspersed with seasonal advice and tips [...]

January 19th, 2010 | Category: Book / DVD reviews, Plant Science Course | 2 comments

Really understanding how plants grow

If you really want to know how plants operate you owe it to yourself to get hold of these books. I used them extensively as reference books in putting this site together and I know enough about the science to really appreciate what they did in making this great body of knowledge accessible. [...]

January 4th, 2010 | Category: Book / DVD reviews, How Plants Grow | Leave a comment
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